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THE BOOK OF THE PROPHET<br/>
<span class=large>JEREMIAH</span>
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CHAPTER 45
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Jeremiah promises Baruch that his life shall be preserved.
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The</span> word that Jeremiah the prophet spake unto <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/45/1a" mark="a" type="A" title="Jer. 36: 4.">Baruch</a> the son of Neriah, when he had written these words in a book at the mouth of Jeremiah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, saying,
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Thus saith the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, the God of Israel, unto thee, O Baruch;
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Thou didst say, Woe is me now!  for the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> hath added grief to my sorrow; I fainted in my sighing, and I find no <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/45/3a" mark="a" type="A" title="Lam. 1: 3.">rest</a>.
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&#182; Thus shalt thou say unto him, The <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> saith thus; Behold, <i>that</i> which I have built will I <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/45/4a" mark="a" type="A" title="Jer. 1: 10.">break</a> down, and that which I have planted I will <sup>b</sup><a href="jer/45/4b" mark="b" type="A" title="Jer. 31: 28.">pluck</a> up, even <sup>c</sup><a href="jer/45/4c" mark="c" type="D" title="Heb. text adds: for it is mine.">this</a> whole land.
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And <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/45/5a" mark="a" type="A" title="Mark 8: 36 (36-37).">seekest</a> thou great things for thyself?  seek <i>them</i> not: for, behold, I will bring evil upon all flesh, saith the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>: but thy <sup>b</sup><a href="jer/45/5b" mark="b" type="A" title="Jer. 21: 9; Jer. 39: 18.">life</a> will I give unto thee for a prey in all places whither thou goest.
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